Home to gun crime, swinging voters and a certain election contender with "sex appeal", it was always going to be interesting when Tony Abbott graced western Sydney again.
His trip out west last week was overshadowed by his so-called "daggy dad" moment when he described Liberal candidate Fiona Scott as feisty and having sex appeal.
Gaffe or no gaffe, any aspiring PM worth his salt knows western Sydney matters and it was only a matter of time before Mr Abbott was back.
Monday provided a deja vu moment, with the opposition leader not only back in the seat of Lindsay but alongside Ms Scott.
The now-star Liberal candidate initially showed none of her signature feistiness, but soon impressed Mr Abbott by reciting the coalition's economic policy.
Which gave the opposition leader the opportunity for more compliments.
"At the risk of exciting anybody, can I just say obviously from that answer she ain't just a pretty face," he chuckled.
With the elephant in the room well and truly acknowledged, the press pounced.
But Ms Scott was neither offended by being told she had sex appeal nor thought her boss should apologise for his "charming compliment".
The whole incident was a distraction - again - from their purpose in the seat of Lindsay, to pledge $100 million to crack down on gun crime if elected.
Someone who probably wished he had more in his arsenal was Labor's candidate for Bennelong, Jason Yat-Sen Li.
Kevin Rudd's personal pick for the north-west Sydney seat was thoroughly upstaged at a business breakfast earlier in the day when Mr Abbott arrived at the last minute to a hero's welcome, press pack in tow.
By the time Mr Li was invited to speak, Mr Abbott was already pressing the flesh with local business owners and posing for pictures with admiring young fans.
It proved a warm up for the opposition leader, who later in the day embarked on a far riskier campaign strategy - a street walk.
Only the second street walk of his campaign, Mr Abbott stepped out at lunchtime in Liverpool's CBD to mingle with the masses.
He was mobbed, the chaotic throng swelling in size as it moved down the main boulevard, before emerging 10 minutes later relatively unscathed.
Ironically, it was at a staged press conference safely inside the Liverpool City Council Chambers that something went slightly awry for the disciplined Abbott camp.
Just as Mr Abbott was finishing his remarks, a man claiming his wife was poisoned by Liverpool Hospital burst out of nowhere, appealing to the opposition leader for help.
It was a minor affair, with the man quickly ushered away for a private chat with Mr Abbott before the campaign bus rolled onward to Melbourne.
